Greenland



s. RYDER.

Ore Washer. N0. 69,030. Patented Sept. 17.1867. y

@uiten tats @anni @frn NEWE'LL S. RYDER, OFl GREENLAND, MICHIG AN.

VLetters Patent No. 69,030', dated September 17, 1867.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR WASHINGl ORI-1S.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, NEWELL S. RYDER, of Glrreenland, inthe county of Ontonagon, and Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful improvement in Machines for Washing Gold and other Metals; and I do hereby dcclane that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine,

reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, in which the machine is represented in perspective. V

A is a box or receiver suspendedrupon a strong triangular frameby an axle so arranged thatjthc head of the box A (known among miners by the name'of a buddle,) isfrom one-half of an inchto one inch lower than the foot. The axle is so attached at thehead and foot of the buddle that the cent1-cof oscillation is higher at the head than at the foot, by which arrangement the cjectment of the superiluous water and 'material is effected at the most desirable point of the oscillation. The inclination from head to foot retains the 'heavier metallic particles near the head, while the lighter-materials are carried away atthe foot.` Motion is communicated to the buddle from a crank, E, or its equivalent, through a connecting-rod, F, pivotcd to the bent armG. Where a series of buddles is employed the arms G iti-c coniiected by a connecting-rod, H, andthe arm Gr,

attached to the head of each buddle, should have such a curvature that thetangent drawn from the middle of i the are described by the oscillation of the wrist-pin, to which the connecting-rod is attached, shall be parallel to the plane upon which the buddies are suspended. B is a sieve of wire cloth, so supported as to be able to sustain the weight of material contained in the huddle. This sieve is arranged inthe form of a V ol W, or a continued series of similarly-inclined planes. The tail of the sieve is closed by an end board, and the frame supporting the sieve in the box' A is so arranged that the teil of the sieve shall be lower than the head.` The purified metal is drawn from the sieve through a pipe, I, passing through the bottom of the buddlc. This pipe is covered by a larger pipe, K, which extends above the water, and downwards to within about one-half of an inch of the opening of the smaller pipe I. The material to be washed is conveyed by a launder into the head of the buddle A, and for its further purification it may be carried, after making itspartial deposits in the huddlc A, by the trough C to the head of the buddle D, and so ou-indenitely. The material passing through the sieve is carried through an orifice in the head of the buddle to a inshing-buddle. i

` What I claim as-my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. I claim a. buddle A, so suspendedand operated that while it has a lateral rocking motion it shall at the same time have a longitudinal oscillation, |smbstantially as and for the purpose' set forth.

2. A`buddle, when constructed and 'arranged so that the iloor is higher at the tail than at the head, and so suspending it that in rocking laterally the axis of oscillation shall be higher atene end than at the other, substantially in the manner set forth.

3. I claim the arrangement of the sieve B, box A', and pipes I and K, substantially` as set forth.

i v NEWELL, S. RYDER.

Witnesses: t

A. F. TUCKER, E. L. TAmcnn. 

